Forum Upgraded 15th April, Please report any problems here

[Catshill]

I suspect a server/forum software issue as I just had a “Could not display  more posts” error and I have never encountered load errors previously.

[Alfred]

22 minutes ago, Catshill said:

I just had a “Could not display  more posts” error

For what little it’s worth, I don’t think I’ve ever seen that here.

[Dan C]

@Catshill & @Alfred I have merged your thread discussing this issue with the 'master' thread for the forum upgrade so that the correct team see the report - I hope this is okay

[Patrick Connor]

Most hyperlinks are now a subtle blue colour as are uses of peoples names like @Patrick Connor

Also the wording for Topic creation has been improved so "Title" is now "Topic Subject/Title" as too many people thought it was asking them for their title (Mr/Mrs) or the Application title (Photo/Designer/Publisher)

[GarryP]

Over the last week or so (can’t remember exactly) I’ve noticed that the forum can be very slow when logging in/out or moving between pages, especially when using the browser ‘back’ button.
I’ve tried using Firefox 89.0, and in Troubleshoot Mode, and Chrome 91.0 and it’s pretty much the same.
It can often take up to 11 seconds just to go back to the page I was previously at.
I’ve tried other forums and websites and the back button generally gets me back to the previous page almost instantly.
Simply clicking the Affinity icon at the top of the page can sometimes take 8 or 9 seconds for the page to load.
My machine isn’t under stress and my broadband is pretty quick.
This doesn’t happen every time, just often enough that it can be ‘irksome’.
Has anyone else noticed this or something like it? Or is it just me?

Additional: The delay seems to be longer when I am logged in. May be just random but browsing the site seems quicker when I'm not logged in.

Edited June 6, 2021 by GarryP
Added extra note.

[walt.farrell]

I have had occasional slow page loading when clicking on forum topic title or the unread posts icon, but just over the past two days.

[loukash]

3 hours ago, GarryP said:

Or is it just me?

And I thought it is just me…

[R C-R]

I have seen occasional slow loading of pages going back at least a year or two, so I don't think it has anything to do with the forum software upgrade.

[AlanPickup]

Definately slow in loading on very high broadband. others sites almost instant. Forum take a few seconds

[Catshill]

Opening posts is fine for me but listing posts is noticeably slower than previously.

[Joachim_L]

This looks like a missing language constant or code block.

[thomaso]

This looks cool or like an invitation to create hidden topics …

[Patrick Connor]

We are experiencing quite unusual activity on our forums (a bit like a DOS attack). We are just rolling out some additional security measures, so please can you let me know if this problem is reduced or if you see any other problems arise

Thank you all 

[jmwellborn]

The entire Forum was very slow here in South Carolina yesterday.  Today it is lightening fast again.   Could it have been affected by the international internet outage reported by Fastly?  

[thomaso]

23 minutes ago, jmwellborn said:

Could it have been affected by the international internet outage

Maybe 2 different things, it wouldn't cause the additional  traffic @ Serif.com mentioned by Patrick.
Globally it doesn't look that bad, if the amount of orange & figures are reliable here https://livemap.pingdom.com/  (btw, I don't notice any delays, which fits to the map view)

[Bob]

We use neither Fastly nor Pingdom. The issue was Riddler generating unusual traffic patterns that our compute scaling could not anticipate effectively. This should be fixed now.